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UNITED sTATEsrTENT oFFIcE.

JAMES R. MOFFATT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORl TO UNION SPECIAL MA'CHINE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. l

OVERSEAMING-MACHIN E.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Allg.'13, 1918.

Application led October 28, 1913. Serial No. 797,778.

' Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Overseaming-Ma-` chines, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in sewing machines, and more particularly to an overseaming machine for forming stitches about the edges of fabrics which are supported and fed through the machine -insubstantially a vertical plane.

In this type of machine the needle is caused to enter the fabric in substantially a horizontal plane',` and a looper enters the needle loop on one side of the fabric, and is then raised and carried over the edge of the fabric to the other. side thereof. Thel looper thread loop is positioned for the entrance of the needle on its next sti-oke.

An object of the inventiorms to provlde `meansforsuliporting the looper so that it may be moved rapidly. through these various movements with little or no vibration or deviation from its proper path.

A further object of the inventionis to provide means for supporting the needle bar in the above type of machine `so thatit may be positivelyprecipro'cated with little or no lateral vibration. p t

These andother objects will in `part be obvious and will in part be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, which show by way of illustration one embodiment of the invention l y Figure 1 .is a vertical sectional view through a machine havmg my improvements applied thereto, showing some of the 1supporting parts in section and the operating parts in the main in side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a machine embodying-my improvements, the top plate being removed;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view in rear of the main shaft and the operating parts;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional View showing the carrier for the looper rod and the means for reciprocating the .rod in its carrier;

eating devices therefor;

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the means for oscillating the carrier;

Fig. 6 is a similar View showing the means for4 oscillating the looper rod in its carrier;

Fig. 7 -is a.view showing the manner of supporting the needle bar and the recipro- Fig 8 is a perspective view showin the looper rod carrier and its supporting earings, and also the looper rod;

Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view through the looper carrier, the supporting bearings and the parts of the casing adjacent the same.

My improved machine consists of a main Casin 1, in which is mounted a main shaft 2. T is main shaft carries belt wheels 3 at the outer ends thereof. Mounted in the casing 1 is a bracket 4, in which is journaled a lfeed shaft 5, carrying a feed wheel 6. A

bracket 7 is pivoted to the bracket 4, anda feed shaft 8 mounted on this pivoted bracketcarries a feed wheel 9. These feed lwheels may be operated by any suitable mechanism from the main shaft, which will impart to the feedwheels an intermittent rotary movement. The outer feed wheel is yieldably pressed into contact with the inner feed wheel and the fabric to be stitched is supported and fed .through the machine in substantially a vertical plane by these feed wheels. The fabric projects` slightly above the feed wheels so that the needle 10 may pass through the same adjacent its upperedges. This needle l0 is clamped to a needle bar 11, by'a needle supporting head 12. The needle bar 11 reciprocates in a sleeve 13 which is mounted in the main casing 1, and extends a considerable distance into the casing, so as to form an elongated supporting bearing for the needle bar.

The casing 1 is also provided with aprojectingl'ug 14, which is preferably formed integral with the casing. This lug is bored out as at 15 and is also split as at 16. See

Fig. 3. A bearing sleeve'17 is inserted in 'the opening 15 and this sleeve is clamped 1 bearingsis a fixed collarlQ. A link 20 is pivoted to a projecting lug carried byr this collar, and the other end of the link is-plv- 'a oted to a lever 21, which is fixed 'to a shaft 22 mounted in suitable bearings in the maln` casing 1. This lever 21, between its ends, carries aball stud 23. A. link 24`engages said ball stud and is formed integral with an eccentric strap 25, coperating with anl z y yof the looper yhead l42 at the end of the `eccentric 26 on the main shaft 2; ,As the'l `main shaft rotates, the lever 21 will be ,vibrated back and forth and this' lever will, in' turn,"reciprocate the needle bar 1n its bearings.

inside wall of the casing, andat some distance from the rear end of the casing, T am able to use .a comparatively short needle bar, and support said needle bar in elongated bearings between which the iiXedcollar 19 reciprocates. By bringing these. bearings.l

13 and 14 close together, and clon-gating the same', T may reciprocate the needlebar at high speed with little or no resulting lateral or false vibrations in the needle bar.

Coperating with the needle is a looper.

, 27. This looper is fixed to a loop'er supporting rod* 28. The looper movesfinto` the needle loop at one side of the. plane of the fabric, after which it is raised and carried to the other-side of the fabric yand lowered so that the needle will pass between the looper thread'and the body ofthe looper.

y The present inventiony is directed espe-' cially to a high speed machine, and the means for supporting the looper rod, which permits of the high speed without falseV vibrations in the `looper rod, which would cause the looper to deviate from its proper path of travel. The looper rod is supported by a carrier 29. This carrier, as more clearly shown in Fig 8, is, in a sense, in the form of a double yoke. Said carrier has oppositely disposed bearing sleeves 30and 31.`

Arms project laterally from these bearing sleeves'and are connected with each other,

thus forming the double yoke. Projecting forwardlyfrom the carrier is a sleeve 32 and projecting rearwardly from they carrier is a The looper 'supporting rod 28 sleevel 33K rests inthese sleeves 32 and .33 and lis capable of endwise reciprocation therein and also oscillation therein.

, The sleeve 31 of this looper carrier 29 is provided with a short shaft 34, which is fixed therein by a set screw 352 This short shaft projects into `a bearing 36, 4which is bolted to the side wall of the main casing 1.

The sleeve 30 at the other side of the carrier i Byforming alug on the harass? ".opening 41" through which the bearin sleeve caring 32 of the'carrier projects. Said sleeve terminates just short of theposltlon -looper supportingrod, when Said looper stroke. ll anithereby able, through this extended sleeve bearing, to form a rigid sup supporting rod is atthe rear .end of its v port for the looper. rod at a point` well over the feed wheeland to substantially the 'inner end of the stroke of the looper rod'. v'lhebearing sleeve 33 also projects outwardly from the `carrier 29. and forms an extended bearing for the looper supporting rod. The looper supporting rod is reciprothe looper from one side of the fabric yto j the other by a lever `43. See Fig. 4. This lever at itslower end is looselyjournaled on the shaft .22 and is held from .sideWise movement thereon by a collar 44. The lever at its upper. end is ,con nected to a ball stud 45, .which is vcarried by a collar l 46 loosely mounted on the looper rod, support 28. lFixed collars 47 fand 48 at yeach rod. Intermediate the ends of the lever 43 `cated back and' forth in the carrier to bring .side ofthe sleeve prevent the sleeve from moving endwise on the loopersupporting is a ball stud 49, to which a link 50 is piv- 1 oted. This link V50 is a part of an eccentric strapr 51, which coperates with the eccentric 52 on the main shaft 2. y

As the main shaft rotates, the lever 43` will be moved back and forth, and this will reciprocate the looperrod in the carrier. v,

The carrier is oscillated about its `pivotal c support by a lever 53.v See Fig. 5. This lever' 53 is pivoted at 54 intermediate its ends to a supportingshaft. The lowerend of the lever, is pivotally connected to a link 55, which is formed integral with the eccentric strap 56, coperating with the eccentric.'

57 on the main shaft 2j. v.The upper end of the lever 53 is pivoted to a link 58,. and this r link, in turn, is'pivoted to a sleeve 59, fixed to the. carrier. rIhe upper part ofthe lever Y 53 and the link 58 are so disposed that the pivotal connection 61 between the .same

moves first to one side and then the other rotation ofthe main shaft. Thisiswinging 'of the carrier raises and lowers the loopen The looper is lowered on` one sideA of the fabric, after which it is raised and-carried i255 rier will be oseillated twice for each single f to weather Side 'of the fabric, where a is again lowered for the needle to pass between the thread and thebody of the looper. It is, therefore, raised and loweredtwice for each-reciprocation of the needle. i

The looper is moved into and 'out of the needle loop by va link 62. See Fig. 6. This link, as herein Shown, is formed integral with an eccentric strap' 63, which coperates with an eccentric 64 on the main shaft 2. The upper end of the link i-s connected toa balll stud 65,A which projects laterally to form al collar 66, fixed to the extreme inner end of the looperl supporting rod 28. As the main shaft rotates, the link 62 will be raised and lowered, and thiswill, in turn, oscillate the looper supporting rod 28. The oscillations of the looper rod move the looper into and out of the needle loop.

The above described devices are so timed in their operations that the looperis moved into the needle loop, then raised and carried across the edge of the fabric, then de ressed or lowered and given a dwell, while the needle moves between ther-looper thread and the body of the looper, after which the looper -is retracted from the needle loop,

again raisedfcarried across the edge of the fabric, and lowered into position for again moving into the next needle loop. v

The particular devices for oscillating the looper carrier and for reciprocating and oscillating the looper supporting rod in the carrier, form no part of my invention, and it Will be understood-that other devices may be used for this urpose.

It is obvious t at minor changes -in the details of construction and the arrangement of parts maybe made without departing from the spirit" of the invention, as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what y I claim is;

1. A sewing machine including yin combinationja casing,devces for supporting a fabric in substantially a vertical plane. a horizontal reciprocating needle, a looper cooperating with said needle, alooper supporting rod for said looper, a carrier for said looper supporting rod, means forsupporting said carrier at each side of the casing,

devices for reciprocating said looperrod in said carrier, sald carrler having a bearing sleeve at each side of the connection f the looper supporting rod to its reciprocating means, devices for oscillating said carrier about any axis at right 4angles toV a vertical plane containing the axis of the looper sup-I porting rod, and devices for oscillating the? loof er supporting rod in said carrier.

2. A sewing machine including in com'- bination, a casing, devices forsupporting a fabric in substantially a vertical plane, a horizontal reciprocating needle, a looperA c ooperating with said needle, a looper support- 4 ing rod for said looper, a carrier for said looper supporting rod, said carrier being in the form of a double yoke and having bearing 'sleeves projecting forwardly and rearwardly therefrom for said looper support-ing rod, means for oscillating said double yoke, iand devices for reciprocating.and oscillating the looper supporting rod in said yoke.

3. A sewing machine includingin combination, a casing, devices for supporting a fabric in -substantially a verticalplane, a horizontal reciprocating needle, a looper cooperating with said needle, a looper supportfing rod "for said looper, a 'carrier for said looper supfporling'rod, saidcarrier being in the form o a double yoke and having bearing sleeves projecting forwardly and rearwardly therefrom for said looper supporting rod, means for oscillating said doubleyoke, and devices for reciprocating and oscillating the looper support ing, rod in said yoke, said casing having a slot in the front wall thereof 'through whifh the sleeve lat the front side of the carrier .extends so that said looper rod is 'supportedvat a point adjacent the looper supporting head.

fl. A sewing machine including in combination a casing, feeding Idevices for sup porting and feeding `a fabric in 4substantially a vertical plane, a needle, a needle n bar supporting said needle, a looper, a looper` supporting bar2 a `yoke for supporting the looper-bar having the central part thereof open, means attached t0 said bar in Said central open part of the yoke for reciprocating the same, means for oscillating the yoke about a horizontal axis at right angles to a vertical plane containing the axis of the looper supporting bar, and means for oscillating the looper bar.

5. .A sewing machine including in combination 'a casing, ufeeding devices for supporting and feeding a fabric in substantially a verticalplane, a needle, a needle bar supporting said needle, a looper, va looper supporting bar, a yoke for supporting the 'looper bar having the central part thereof open, means attached to said bar in said central open part of the yoke for recpiroi said yoke, being o -set to form a clearance space for. the looper reciprocating means.

6. A sewing machine including in combination a casing, feeding devices for supporting and feeding a fabric in substantially a. vertical plane, a needle, a needle bar supporting said needle, a`looper, a looper supporting bar, a Supporting yoke for said looper supporting bar, means 4for reciprocating said bar inthe yoke, means for oscillating said bar in'said yoke, and means for pivotell snppoitingr seid yokea the axes of salol yo ie lying s# stentnilly in the seme plane as the mns of seid. bei' and et right :ingles thereto, incl ineens toi' oscillating seid yoke.A

7. A sewing` machine including in combination :l casing, feeding devices for empf, porting anni feeding e ifeoic in substantially ai vertical plane, e needle, e needle bei suppoitimgseicl neeolle, ab looper, e loopen supporting bei", e, yoke foi supporting Seidl loopen suppoictlng bei", means for pwotelly supporting seid yoke whereby saliti yoke v nez/esse? swings about en et right ongles to e vertical plane containing the exis of si looper supporting leal', Ineens attached to seid yoke in iont o1? its pivotal support for oscillating the same, ineens foi' oscillating- Seid loer vin f seid yoke, emol means fon reciprocating vSeial bei' in seid yoke. 

